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"Diana, Presiding over Fishing and Navigation" plate 7 from The Seven Planetary Gods (after Hendrick Goltzius) by Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam

Diana, Presiding over Fishing and Navigation plate 7 from The Seven Planetary Gods (after Hendrick Goltzius) by Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam

"Diana, Presiding over Fishing and Navigation" plate 7 from The Seven Planetary Gods (after Hendrick Goltzius)

Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam

Title

"Diana, Presiding over Fishing and Navigation" plate 7 from The Seven Planetary Gods (after Hendrick Goltzius)

 
Artist

Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam

  1565 - 1607 (biography)
Year
c. 1596  
Technique
engraving 
Image Size
9 1/4 x 6 13/16" image & paper 
Signature
 
Edition Size
 
Annotations
 
Reference
Hollstein 56.II; Bartsch III.245.79 
Paper
antique laid with eleborate watermark of eagle on post 
State
ii/ii 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
23270 
Price
SOLD
Description
From the series by Hendrix Goltzius (1558-1607). The goddess Diana, holding her bow and arrow, rises above the fishermen in boats and on land with their catches. Sailing vessels can be seen in the background. The zodiac sign for cancer (the crab) is in the upper right of the image.